Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Bay Area Festival Calendar

Road Trip roadtrip Roadside America oddities and attriction 
Computing optimal road trips on a limited budget - 50 state capitols driving round loop around the country 

Bay Area Activities / Concerts / Attractions 

Bay Area Kid Fun Family Friendly Events 
KidMatter calendar 
Mercury News San Jose Events 
Mercury News Summer festivals 2013 
SFGate.com Fairs and Festivals, All Bay Area, Next 30 Days 
Calendar of Fun Events for the S.F. Bay Area...and beyond, April 2009 
SF Station's event picks this week 
The Wave Magazine Event Calendar, Top 50 Events 
Best Places to Hike in Napa ValleyMapHiking Directory 
Sonoma Valley Hiking and Biking 

Free Museum Days 

MouseSavers Disneyland travel hotel 

Cultural Holidays: Chinese Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, 4th of July, Oktoberfest, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas

California Food Festivals 2018 
Everfest festival finder
Visit California Experience February Events 

Lodi Wine and Chocolate early Feb 
Valentine’s Day Dinner Train 
Lupine Bloom Field mid-April Lupines 
Nikkei Matsuri San Jose Japantown end of Apr 
Lick Observatory Public Evening Tours May/June/July/August/September 
French Fair first week of May 
Mariposa Butterfly Festival  first weekend of May 
Taiwanese American Cultural Festival Mid May, Union Square 10-4 
Silicon Valley Irish Fleadh mid-May 
Maker Faire mid-May 
Ao Dai Festival Vietnamese mid-May 
Stanford Pow Wow Mother's Day 
St. Clare Festival  third weekend of May 
Nunn Better Cherries Brentwood Upick cherry
High Ground Organics Watsonville u-pick blueberry Mid-June
Vanderhelm Farms Modesto. strawberry blueberry cherry peach apricot nectarine aprium
Tru2Earth Farm Gilroy Strawberry lavender 38 miles 40 minutes
Blue House Farm Strawberry St Gregorio coast 33 miles 50 minutes
Swanton Berry Farm Coastways Ranch youpick strawberries Davenport 45 miles 60 minutes Dec-Jan
R&R Fresh Herbs Pescadero. blackberries, raspberries, olallieberries
Webb Ranch Portola Valley, organic blackberry, olallieberry, boysenberries, marionberriesMorgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Memorial weekend
Bacon festival Last Sunday in May
San Jose Greek Festival Memorial Weekend or first weekend of June 
Dia de Portugal Festival second weekend of Jun 
Bees N Blooms Lavender Santa Rosa 95M Daze U-Cut 6/3-7/9
Cache Creek Lavender free festival 146M 6/10-11
Bluestone Meadow lavender-blue harvest days 6/17-18, 24-25
Pageo lavender farm Turlock 106-mile 1:55 Mid June Facebook U-Pick Thu-Sat
Araceli lavender farms facebook events reservation
Monte-Bellaria di California Sebastopol no pick lavender tickets 7/2-8/1
Festival Mosaic Baroque in the Vines Serra Chapel Hill Shandon Paso Robles Mid July 
Adobo Festival USA  Filipino Mid July 
Gilroy Garlic Festival last two full weekends in July 
Berkeley Kite Festival last full weekend of July 
Monterey Bay Strawberry Festival first weekend of August? 
San Jose Renaissance Faire  first weekend of August 
Assyrian Festival 2nd weekend of August 
Italian Family Festa San Jose  last weekend of Aug
Polskafest  Polish 9/18 
iles Canyon Stroll and Roll 4th Saturday of Sep 
Saratoga Russian Festival end of September 
Mission San Jose Olive Festival first weekend of October 
Little Italy San Jose Street Festival the first week of October 
Guadalupe River Park & Gardens - Pumpkins in the Park 2nd Saturday in October
Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival weekend after Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October)

Friday, July 18, 2008

GMRS - General Mobile Radio Service

buytwowaradios blog

Midland GXT1000VP4 GXT1050VP4 36 Mile, 50 (22+28) channels, 4AA, NOAA weather
Cobra microTALK CXR-925 35 Mile, Lithium-ion batteries
Motorola TalkAbout MR350R, MR355R, 35 Mile, 30 (22+8) channels, 7 NOAA channel, 3 AA
Uniden GMR2899-2CK 28 Miles, VOX, 4AAA NiMH battery pack

Kenwood Twoway Radio Mauals Freetalk Products EL UBZ-AM14 4xAAA, EX UBZ-AR14 4xAAA, FM UBZ-GR14 4xAAA, WX UBZ-GM14 3xAA, UBZ-LH14 3xAA

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Graphing Calculators

College Board AP Calculator Policy

Casio


FX-6000 Series FX-6200 Series FX-6300 Series
FX-6500 Series FX-7000 Series FX-7300 Series
FX-7400 Series FX-7500 Series FX-7700 Series
FX-7800 Series FX-8000 Series FX-8500 Series
FX-8700 Series FX-8800 Series Graph25 Series
FX-9700 Series* FX-9750 Series* FX-9860 Series*
CFX-9800 Series* CFX-9850 Series* CFX-9950 Series*
CFX-9970 Series* FX 1.0 Series* FX-CG-10 *
Algebra FX 2.0 Series* FX-CG-20 Series* FX-CG-50*
Graph35 Series* Graph75 Series* Graph95 Series*
Graph100 Series* FX-CG500* (The use of the stylus is not permitted)

Hewlett-Packard


HP-9G HP-28 Series* HP-38G*
HP-39 Series* HP-40 Series* HP-48 Series*
HP-49 Series* HP-50 Series* HP Prime*

Radio Shack


EC-4033 EC-4034 EC-4037

Sharp


EL-5200 EL-9200 Series* EL-9300 Series*
EL-9600 Series* (The use of the stylus is not permitted) EL-9900 Series*

Texas Instruments


TI-73 TI-80 TI-81
TI-82* TI-83* TI-83 Plus*
TI-83 Plus Silver* TI-84 Plus* TI-84 Plus CE*
TI-84 Plus Silver* TI-84 Plus C Silver* TI-84 Plus T*
TI-84 Plus CE-T* TI-85* TI-86*
TI-89* TI-89 Titanium* TI-Nspire*
TI-Nspire CX* TI-Nspire CAS* TI-Nspire CX CAS*
TI-Nspire CM-C* TI-Nspire CM-C CAS* TI-Nspire CX-C CAS*

Other


Datexx DS-883 Micronta Smart2

Hewlett Packard CASHP Alphanumeric
Texas Instruments
Sharp Calculators

Touch screen or keyboard
TI Voyage 200 $200, Casio ClassPad330 $150

Computer Algebra System (CAS) calculators:
*TI-Nspire CX CAS color
TI-Nspire CAS $160 2007 320x240 ARM 2.58Mhz
TI-89 Titanium $150 2004 160x100 m68k 16Mhz
*HP Prime Graphing Compare to TI Nspire CX CAS color 2013
HP-50g EquationWriter $150 2006 131x80 ARMv4T 203Mhz
HP-48gII EquationWriter $110 2003 131x64 ARMv4T 203Mhz
HP-40gs 2006 business $100 2006 131x64 ARM9 75Mhz

Graphing calculator programmable / alphanumeric / non-CAS:
*TI-Nspire CX - 2011 color
TI-Nspire $150
TI-84+ CE colors
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition $130
TI-86
Casio PRIZM FX-CG10 2010 Full Textbook style display input/output color fx-CG20
* Casio PRIZM FX-CG20 
Casio FX-9860GII 2009 Natural Display In/Output OS2.0 $80 Casio グラフ関数電卓 fx-9860GII Does not have Advanced Natural VPAM
Casio FX-9860G Slim Natural Display Input Only $100 can be upgraded to OS 2.0
Sharp EL-9900C Equation Editor $90 グラフィック関数電卓 EL-9900
HP-39gs 2006 business $80

Scientific Non-Graphing: Review of top 4 scientific calculator
* Casio fx-5800p 2013 Best Casio Programmable not in USA
* HP 35s 2007 $50 programmable

Sharp EL-W516TB-SL WriteView, 7/2017 96x32 16x4 line 640 functions, GCD, LCM, factor polynomial プログラマブル関数電卓 EL-5160T-x, EL-W535B review
Casio fx-991EX 8/2015 192x63 32x6 line ClassWiz 6 lines, no history after power off, no gcd, no lcm, no factoring specfx-JP900
* Canon F-792SGA 2013 $13 96x32 15x4 line 648 func, gcd, lcm, no factoring, Japan F-789SG
* TI-36X Pro 2011 $19 4 line, gcd, lcm, factorization
Casio FX-115ES Plus Natural Textbook Display 2005 96x31 16x4 line $18 2 line 415 functions, spec, fx-300ES review
Casio fx-991ES Plus (same manual as fx-115es plus) 2012 $16 Advanced Natural VPAM, equation mode (√and fraction display), fx-995ES
TI-34 MultiView $18 4 line 96x31 review comparison
HP SmartCalc 300s Textbook Format Display (TFD) $15 Citizen SR-270X Office Depot Ativa AT-30SX Casio FX-300ES reviewHP SmartCalc 300s+ $17 4 line HP-300s=fx-300ES

Non-Programmable calculator: numerical keys and displays
Sharp EL-501W $12 スタンダード関数電卓 EL-501E-X
*Casio FX-260 Solar $10 スタンダード関数電卓 fx-260A
*TI-30Xa $9
Canon F-604 $12
HP 10s $10 2 line

Educational Calculators: TI, Sharp, EL-T100A EL-T100AB Brain Exerciser Brain Age with Quiz, EL-S25BBL Multiplication Table Drill
SHARP シャープ 計算ドリル機能と脳年齢測定機能を搭載した電卓です
Casio カシオ 百ます計算電卓

SATSAT SubjectAP, College Board Calculator Policies for Mathematics and Science no qwerty keyboard, no touch screen, no stylus
United States Academic Decathlon Calculator Policy, ACT non CAS
NCEES National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying professional engineer PE, HP 33s, 35s (programmable), Casio fx-115, fx-991, TI-30X, TI-36X
Western Australia 1. Graphics, 2. Non-Programmable calculators
MCAT: no calculator
Architect Registration Examination (ARE4, ARE5): on-screen scientific calculator

HP Calculators 1972 to 2009 : Hewlett-Packard Calculator : Educalc.net Comparison of HP graphing calculators
hpcalc.org - HP48 Software Archive
Museum of HP Calculators, 1968 to 1986
Emu48 HP38G, HP39G, HP40G, HP48SX, HP48GX and a HP49G

Current TI calculators Comparison of Texas Instruments graphing calculators
ticalc.org
VTI Virtual TI calculator emulator, TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-85, TI-86, TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 II, and TI-92 Plus

History of Casio Calculators
Casio Kingdom
universal casio forum
Casio Graphic Comparison emulator available Natural Textbook Display Input/Output

Calculator Forensics by Mike Sebastian

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Whirlpool $400-$450-$550 WED5700VW-$1500
Maytag $450-$450-$530 MEDC500VW-$1500
KitchenAid
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Amana $320-$650-$650

Sears Kenmore $380-$440-$490 69622-$1400

GE Appliances $370-$470-$520 DRSR495EGWW-$1300
Hotpoint $350-$420-XX

Electrolux National consumer brands
Electrolux $1300-$1700
Frigidaire $450-$750-$850

LG Appliances $800-$1500

Samsung Home Appliances $800-$1300

Bosch Appliances

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